When he awoke it was still pitch dark, except for the flicker of

the veiled lamp; and the continual roaring and oscillation

testified to the unrelaxed velocity of the train. He sat upright

in a panic, for he had been tormented by the most uneasy dreams; it

was some seconds before he recovered his self-command; and even

after he had resumed a recumbent attitude sleep continued to flee

him, and he lay awake with his brain in a state of violent

agitation, and his eyes fixed upon the lavatory door. He pulled